Shade and paper exhibitor



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J. M. HADLEY.

sHADE AND PAPER EXHIBITOR.

No. 350,674. Patented Oct. 12, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC JAMES M. HADLEY, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

SHADE AND PAPER EXHIBITOR.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,674, datedOctober 12, 1886.

Application filed February 5, 1886. Serial No. 1903914 To all whom itmay concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMES M. HADLEY, of Peoria, in the county ofPeoria, in the State of Illinois, have invented an Improved Shade andPaper Exhibitor; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making a part of this specification, in which like letters ofreferenee refer to like parts, and in which Figure 1 represents aperspective view of the exhibitor; Fig. 2, a sectional elevation of thesame at X X in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, side elevation of the exhibitor havingits table swung over.

The object of this invention is the construction of an arrangement forexhibiting or displaying window-shades, wall-paper, and any similargoods which may be classed under the head of those sold by the yard.

hat I particularly desire to effect by my device is to enable thesalesman to display one by one upon an inclined shelf or apron thesamples of shades or paper and then to return them all together, andwithout theloss of time, to the table, ready to be shown again; also, toconstruct aholding-table for the samples which can be folded down withthe samples secure thereon, and so take up less space.

My invention consists, essentially, of a frame supporting a hinged tableand display-apron, each provided with adjustingprops for holding them intheir desired positions.

In the drawings, A represents the displayapron, B the holding-table, andO the crossbar of the frame to which they are hinged. The frame consistsof the floor F, upright posts P, and said cross-bar, said floor beingusually provided with casters to enable the easy moving about of theexhibitor. play-apron I prefer to make of slender metal rods, as shownin Fig. 1, and to hinge the same to the cross-bar O of the frame bybending the upper ends of the side rods, A, thereof about said cross-barin the annular grooves C. The holding-table B, l. hinge in substantiallythe same way to said cross-bar by providing said table with the eyes I),encircling said crossbar in the grooves G. I sometimes fasten said tablerigidly to the cross-bar O, and loosely mount the latter in bearings atthe upper ex- 'M, thereon.

The dis-.

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tremities of the posts P; but the former mode of hinging the table ispreferable, on account of the increased strength given to the frame bythe rigid union of the cross bar and posts.

To support the holding-table B in a horizontal position, I pivot to theposts I? the bracerods L, the upper ends of which rest against the lugsL, projecting from the under side of said table. Although not shown inthe drawings, I usually make said brace-rods of one metal rod by havingtheir upper endsjoined, making the same of an approximate U shape. Thisenables both bracerods to be raised by the lifting of 0110 alone. Thewidth of the table B being less than the distance between the posts,said table can be swung down between the same, and also between thebrace rods, when the latter are dropped to the floor, as shown in Fig.3.

To hold the displayapron at any desirable angle, l hinge or pivot to thetable B the upper ends of the brace-rods M, whose lower ends are notchedto engage with the side bars of the apron A and with differentprojections,

By having several of these projections M on the side rods, A, thedisplayapron can be adjusted to any desired angle.

Full-length shades are seeuredin place upon the table B by means ofclamps K, which grip the corners of the table and the shades thereon.The upper ends of the shades, being clamped to the extreme end of thetable B, lie upon the same and down upon the apron A. The medial portionof the pile of shades is held by the clampingst-rap E, the ends of whichare secured to the table.

To make ready for displaying the shades, the brace-rods L are detached,and the table B revolved up over toward the apron A, then down, around,and up to its original position, where it is secured. The apron and theshades folded over the clamping-strap are now found lying upon thetable, and the apron being carried down and braced in the desiredposition for suitably displaying the shades, the latter are now unfoldedone by one over onto the apron and so exhibited. Vhen all have beenscribed.

front of the store, the apron can be lowered nearer the vertical,whereas if from a skylight or gas it is adjusted nearer to thehorizontal.

In displaying wall-paper and half -shades the ends of the same arefastened to the hinged end of the table B by means of the clampingstrapE, instead of the outer end of said table.

Among the many ways of securing the strap E to the table I prefer toform the said strap with downwardly-projecting screw-threaded ends E,provided with thumb-nuts E at the under side of the table, said tablehaving suitable screw-holcs for the passage of said screw ends E.

There are of course many other ways of propping up the apron A besidesthe use of the brace-rods M-as, for instance, a cross-bar having itsends held by the posts P, so that the apron could rest against it, andthereby be held at an angle of inclination. \Vhen not in use, thebrace-rods are released, and the holding-table and the display-apronpermitted to hang vertically downward and less space he thereby takenup.

I am aware that prior to my invention inclined aprons have been used inconnection with troughs for exhibiting wall-paper, and also that anapron and horizontal table have been combined for displaying samples, sothat I do not broadly claim the same; but

What I do claim, and for which I desire Letters Patent, is as follows,to wit:

1. In a sample-exhibitor, a holding-table and a display-apron joined andadapted to be revolved upon a horizontal axis and supported at therequired angles, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, in a sample-exhibitor, of a frame, a holding-tablehinged to said frame 40 so as to be capable of being revolved in avertical plane, means for securing said table in a horizontal position,a display-apron simllarly hinged, and means for securing the same atdesired angles of inclination, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

3. In a sample'exhibitor, the frame consisting of the floor F, posts P,and cross-bar 0, having grooves O, in combination with the holding-tableB, having the eyes D, loosely gripping the crossbar in said grooves, thedisplay-apron A, having the ends of its s1de rods looped about thecross-bar in said grooves, and the brace-rods for supporting said apronand table, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The floor F, having casters, the posts P, and the cross-bar G, incombination with the holding-table B, hinged to the cross-bar, the

brace-rods L, pivoted to said posts, the lugs L,

projecting from the said table for engaging with said brace-rods, thedisplay-apron A, hinged to said crossbar, and the terminallynotchedbrace-rods M, pivoted to said table and adapted to support said apron,substantially as specified, for the purposes set forth.

5. In a sample-exhibitor, the floor I posts P, and cross-bar O, incombination with the holding-table hinged to said cross-bar and havingmeans for supporting it, and the display-apron A, hinged to saidcross-bar and having means for its angular support, for the purposesspecified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing invention Ihave hereunto set myhand this 2d day of February, 1886.

JAMES HADLEY.

IVitnesses:

A. B. UPHAM, A. KEITHLEY.

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